I’m a big proponent of DIY PC building and I tend to describe it as “relatively straightforward.” For the most part, everything just plugs in where it should. But there is one aspect of putting ...

Building your own PC can be one of the most exhilarating experiences. It is personal, customizable, and gives you total control over every component that goes into your setup. From choosing the ...

System users do not always know where all the critical points of cables are. Sometimes difficulties are encountered in connecting jacks to the motherboard. Generally the difficulty is located in the ...

I need to find the layout of the pins of the front panel connector on an old Gateway Pentium II BX board.<BR><BR>Is the FPC standardized for all atx mobos or for even BX boards?<BR><BR>I doubt this ...

In the dawning of the IBM PC era, the computer case was a heavy, stout thing. These were industrial machines, built with beefy paddle power switches, and weighing as much as a ton of bricks. Painted ...

Q: Who do I have to buy lunch for so that somebody standardizes front-panel pins? A: Heh, this one’s a perennial annoyance, isn’t it? The front-panel pin layout on a motherboard varies a lot. Most DIY ...

I have an Antec SLK1600 case and an ASUS A7V333 motherboard. Here is a teble:<BR><BR>Connector Colors of wires Motherboard pins<BR>SPEAKER black, red +5V, Speaker<BR>HDD LED orange, white<BR>RESET SW ...

The 4-Pole 3.5mm FT connector provides a female-to-female passthrough solution that eliminates the need for soldering or punch-down terminations. By allowing standard off-the-shelf TRRS cables to be ...

Cliff Electronics has expanded its FeedThrough (FT) connector portfolio with the introduction of a 3.5mm four-pole panel ...